Venice Film Festival

Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art
Venice Cinema Palace on the Lido island
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded6 August 1932; 92 years ago (1932-08-06)
Awards
Artistic directorAlberto Barbera
(since 2011)
Websitelabiennale.org/en/cinema
Current: 81st

The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States.[1][2][3] These festivals are internationally renowned for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film.[4] In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival.[5]

Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893.[6] The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema.[7] These works are experienced at separate exhibitions: the International Art Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Music, the International Theatre Festival, the International Architecture Exhibition, the International Festival of Contemporary Dance, the International Kids' Carnival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which is arguably the best-known of all the events.[citation needed]

The festival is held in late August or early September on the island of the Lido in the Venice Lagoon. During the festival, Venice hosts many events and parties, interviews and meetings with filmmakers and actors every night, venues open all night, and parties are held in beautiful casino palaces and gardens.[8] Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. Due to its wins of critically-acclaimed films and prompting higher chance of Academy Award contention in this season, the festival continues to be one of the world's most popular and fastest-growing.[9] The 81st Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024.

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  2. ^ Valck, Marijke de; Kredell, Brendan; Loist, Skadi (26 February 2016). Film Festivals: History, Theory, Method, Practice. Routledge. ISBN 9781317267218.
  3. ^ "50 unmissable film festivals". Variety. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ Chan, F. (1 June 2011). "The international film festival and the making of a national cinema". Screen. 52 (2): 253–260. doi:10.1093/screen/hjr012. ISSN 0036-9543.
  5. ^ Moeran, Brian; Jesper, Strandgaard Pedersen (2011). Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries: Fairs, Festivals and Competitive Events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-107-00450-4.
  6. ^ "La Biennale di Venezia – The origin". 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ^ Bergamin Barbato, Maria; Mio, Chiara (1 March 2007). "Accounting and the Development of Management Control in the Cultural Sphere: The Case of the Venice Biennale". Accounting, Business & Financial History. 17 (1): 187–208. doi:10.1080/09585200601127871. S2CID 154228824.
  8. ^ "International Venice Film Festival | Venice-Welcome.com". www.venicewelcome.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ^ Evans, Owen (1 April 2007). "Border Exchanges: The Role of the European Film Festival". Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 15 (1): 23–33. doi:10.1080/14782800701273318. S2CID 143590320.